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Offline Elderberry

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Supreme Court Taking Time on Texas Heartbeat Act Decision
« on: November 23, 2021, 12:22:46 pm »
Texas Scorecard by Griffin White November 22, 2021

Although numerous media outlets speculated the Court would issue a decision regarding the controversial Texas law on Monday, they did not.

Texas’ Heartbeat Act has now been in effect for almost three months. At the beginning of November, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against the law. Both the Biden justice department and a group of abortion profiteering clinics sued the state over the manner in which the law is enforced, not the actual question of abortion.

Some legal experts claimed the justices were very skeptical of the loophole of citizen enforcement, which stops the state from enforcing the law but authorizes private citizens to sue abortion providers for thousands in damages. Since the state is expressly barred from enforcing the law, according to its own language, the Supreme Court cannot enjoin the state or stop them from enforcing it. The courts also cannot enjoin 30 million Texans who may or may not sue an abortion clinic in accordance with the law.

The Supreme Court will recess for Thanksgiving this week, which led many to expect a decision before their departure. However, no decision was released on Monday with respect to the Texas law.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/supreme-court-taking-time-on-texas-heartbeat-act-decision/

Offline Fishrrman

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Re: Supreme Court Taking Time on Texas Heartbeat Act Decision
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2021, 10:03:00 pm »
I wouldn't expect a quick decision on this one (unless the decision is VERY narrow in its scope).

In fact, this could become one of the last decisions rendered in the 2021-22 term, and not arrive until late June 2022...